ICSJWG Spring Meeting and Call for Abstracts (Deadline Extended)

The Industrial Control Systems Joint Working Group ICSJWG—a collaborative and coordinating body operating under the Critical Infrastructure Partnership Advisory Council CIPAC framework—will hold the 2019 ICSJWG Spring Meeting in Kansas City, MO, April 23–25, 2019. The Spring Meeting kicks off the...

Dark web hacker selling admin access to a Chinese railway company

By Waqas The IT security researchers at Sixgill's threat intelligence team have identified an "experienced threat actor" on the dark web selling access to the admin panel of a Chinese rail control system. This access would enable criminals to manipulate train control systems, affecting over one...

Researcher: Not Hard for a Hacker to Capsize a Ship at Sea

Maritime transport still contributes in an important way to the world’s economy, with on-time shipments influencing everything from commodities availability and spot pricing to the stability of small countries. Unfortunately, capsizing a ship with a cyberattack is a relatively low-skill enterpris...

Sinking a ship and hiding the evidence

Our earlier work on Voyage Data Recorder manipulation got us thinking about how a malicious individual or organisation might bring about the demise of a ship and hide the evidence. There are plenty of ways to get malware on to a ship. Whether it’s via satcoms, phishing, USB, crew Wi-Fi, dodgy DVD...

Siemens Automation License Manager Detection (Windows SMB Login)

SMB login-based detection of Siemens Automation License Manager. Copyright C 2019 Greenbone Networks GmbH Some text descriptions might be excerpted from a referenced sources, and are Copyright C by the respective right holders. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later This program is free...

AVEVA Wonderware System Platform

1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY CVSS v3 8.8 ATTENTION: Low skill level to exploit Vendor: AVEVA Equipment: Wonderware System Platform Vulnerability: Insufficiently Protected Credentials 2. RISK EVALUATION This vulnerability could allow unauthorized access to the credentials for the ArchestrA Network User...

Protecting Critical Infrastructure and Roadways: How Smart Cities Create New Risks

Advanced technology has changed countless facets of everyday life, from internal enterprise processes to consumer pursuits and beyond. Even the design, management and support for large and small cities has shifted thanks to innovative smart city systems. While advanced components to support...

ControlByWeb X-320M

1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY CVSS v3 7.6 ATTENTION: Exploitable remotely/low skill level to exploit Vendor: ControlByWeb Equipment: X-320M Vulnerabilities: Improper Authentication, Cross-site Scripting 2. RISK EVALUATION Successful exploitation of these vulnerabilities may allow arbitrary code execution...

Yokogawa Vnet/IP Open Communication Driver

1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY CVSS v7.5 ATTENTION: Exploitable remotely/Low skill level to exploit Vendor: Yokogawa Equipment: Vnet/IP Open Communication Driver Vulnerability: Resource Management Error 2. RISK EVALUATION Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow an attacker to cause...

GE Mark VIe, EX2100e, EX2100e

1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY CVSS v3 7.4 ATTENTION: Low skill level to exploit Vendor: GE Equipment: Mark VIe, EX2100e, EX2100eReg, and LS2100e Vulnerability: Path Traversal 2. RISK EVALUATION Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow an attacker to access system data, which could result...

Managing the Risk of IT-OT Convergence

A few years ago, it wasn’t easy getting executives on board with the concept of operational technology OT security. Having finally come around to acknowledging the need for information technology IT security, boards and C-suite executives at industrial enterprises were then faced with the...

Triton Malware Spearheads Latest Attacks on Industrial Systems | McAfee Blogs

Triton Malware Spearheads Latest Attacks on Industrial Systems | McAfee Blogs Thomas Roccia · NOV 08, 2018 Malware that attacks industrial control systems ICS, such as the Stuxnet campaign in 2010, is a serious threat. This class of cyber sabotage can spy on, disrupt, or destroy systems that mana...

Triton Malware Spearheads Latest Attacks on Industrial Systems | McAfee Blogs

Triton Malware Spearheads Latest Attacks on Industrial Systems | McAfee Blogs Thomas Roccia · NOV 08, 2018 Malware that attacks industrial control systems ICS, such as the Stuxnet campaign in 2010, is a serious threat. This class of cyber sabotage can spy on, disrupt, or destroy systems that mana...

AVEVA InduSoft Web Studio and InTouch Edge HMI (formerly InTouch Machine Edition)

1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY CVSS v3 9.8 ATTENTION: Exploitable remotely/low skill level to exploit Vendor: AVEVA Software, LLC. AVEVA Equipment: InduSoft Web Studio and InTouch Edge HMI formerly InTouch Machine Edition Vulnerabilities: Stack-based Buffer Overflow, Empty Password in Configuration File 2...

TRITON Attribution: Russian Government-Owned Lab Most Likely Built Custom Intrusion Tools for TRITON Attackers

Overview In a previous blog post we detailed the TRITON intrusion that impacted industrial control systems ICS at a critical infrastructure facility. We now track this activity set as TEMP.Veles. In this blog post we provide additional information linking TEMP.Veles and their activity surrounding...

ICS Security Plagued with Basic, Avoidable Mistakes

At least 33 percent of the security issues found in industrial control systems ICS are rated as being of high or critical risk. FireEye iSIGHT Intelligence compiled data from dozens of ICS security health assessment engagements performed by its Mandiant division, and found that these issues inclu...

GE Communicator

1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY CVSS v3 7.6 ATTENTION: Exploitable remotely/low skill level to exploit Vendor: GE Equipment: Communicator Vulnerability: Heap-based Buffer Overflow 2. RISK EVALUATION Exploitation could allow attackers to execute arbitrary code or create a denial-of-service condition. 3...

Threats posed by using RATs in ICS

While conducting audits, penetration tests and incident investigations, we have often come across legitimate remote administration tools RAT for PCs installed on operational technology OT networks of industrial enterprises. In a number of incidents that we have investigated, threat actors had use...

The vulnerability of Emerson DeltaV DCS industrial control stations, related to errors in checking the path to the catalog, allows a intruder to replace the executable files.

The vulnerability of Emerson DeltaV DCS industrial control systems lies in errors during the verification of the catalog path. Exploiting this vulnerability allows a malicious actor to replace the executable files...

ThreatList: Attacks on Industrial Control Systems on the Rise

The systems that power the manufacturing, power and water plants, the oil and gas industry, and many other sectors are increasingly in the crosshairs of cyber-attackers: A full 41.2 percent of industrial control system ICS were attacked by malicious software at least once in the first half of 201...